Fashion Dress and Post-postmodernism

Scholars have argued that postmodernism is dead and that we are entering into a new era that some have labelled altermodernism digimodernism performatism and post-postmodernism. This book expands on the nascent scholarship of post-postmodernism to highlight how dress fashion and appearance are reflections of this new age. The volume starts with a discussion of fashion subjectivity and time and an analysis of temporality technology and fashion in post-postmodern times. Later chapters analyse the work of design houses and mass producers such as Vetements Gucci and Uniqlo whose products align with post-postmodern aesthetics hyperconsumption and hypermodern branding. The book looks at diverse geographic and identity markers by discussing post-postmodernism and the religio-politico-cultural questions in South Asian Muslim fashion image and identity presentation in queer social networking apps and by exploring fashion designer Tom Ford’s output as a movie director. Two chapters discuss the post-postmodern fashion exhibition with analyses of recent exhibitions and an in-depth look at the work of exhibition maker Judith Clark. The final chapter is written by members of The Rational Dress Society a counter-fashion collective that makes JUMPSUIT an experimental garment to replace all clothes. Fashion Dress and Post-postmodernism is a companion to research on relationships between post-postmodernism fashion and dress and the go-to resource for researchers and students interested in these areas.